A new stage adaptation by Ray Bradbury Fahrenheit451 is in development, with Pulitzer Prize winner Martyna Majok as playwright.

Glass Half Full Productions (POTUS, Betrayal) and Aaron Glick (Kimberly Akimbo, What the Constitution means to me) produce adaptation, which is in the early stages of development and aims to Broadway. Majok joins the project after winning the 2018 Pulitzer Prize for Drama for his Broadway play, Cost of living.

In addition to writing Sanctuary City, Queens, And Iron-relatedMajok wrote the libretto for the new musical Gatsby: an American mythwith music by Florence Welch and Thomas Bartlett, premiered last summer at the American Repertory Theater.

“The relevance of mind domination and the end of the world to our current times needs no words; What struck me most about Fahrenheit 451 was its focus on our loneliness. How our desire for connection and our fear of its absence can be regaled. As we aspire to devote ourselves to something true and lasting in a society in fracture. And the way we blow up our lives to unearth the truth we’ve buried – which will break us down to our most honest selves. As Bradbury writes: “We must not be left alone. We must be really disturbed from time to time,” Majok said.

The book, published in 1953, is set in a dystopian future in which books are banned and burned by firefighters, while society turns instead to television and other mass media. A firefighter, Guy Montag, begins to question book burning and attempts to reintroduce literature into his life.

The book has been adapted in several media since its publication, including the 1966 film adaptation by François Truffaut and the 2018 HBO adaptation, a radio drama and a stage play adapted by Bradbury himself.

“It is a privilege and emotion to bring this seminal novel to the stage, with one of our most visceral and acclaimed living writers,” the producers said in a statement. “Mr. Bradbury and Ms. Majok’s works are both deeply human and personal, and we are excited about the significance of this collaboration.

The Bradbury Estate added: “We are thrilled to bring Fahrenheit 451 to a new audience, with the impact and intimacy that only theater can provide, to work with producers who care so deeply about the work and with Martyna Majok, a great playwright. of enormous intelligence, sensitivity and competence.